On this anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, the sun rose upon Rome at 7:18.
On this Feast of St. Edward the sunset at 18:34.
As you know, the Ave Maria Bell should have rung for the Curia at 18:45. At The Parish™ it follows solar time… but it rings!
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Today is the 108th Anniversary of the Final Apparition of Our Lady in Fatima, and the Miracle of the Sun, witnessed by thousands in Cova da Iria. pic.twitter.com/qotKdATPeS
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) October 13, 2025
the 3 most important sacraments pic.twitter.com/u8BzjVcPQP
— mrs. caroline (@savory_caroline) October 12, 2025
? Just in
Activists have just thrown red paint on a painting of Christopher Columbus at Madrid’s Naval Museum (Spain ??)
Columbus Day is shaping up to be a divisive daypic.twitter.com/0Sufz1VJYU
— Mambo Italiano (@mamboitaliano__) October 12, 2025
But not after the vile activists that gayly processed there from the Jesuit church. No, not after that.
Pope Leo XIV orders an immediate penitential rite in St. Peter’s Basilica following the new profanation
Read now: https://t.co/EQhDYvSkHU pic.twitter.com/FSFkEkveuI
— Silere non possum (@silerenonpossum) October 13, 2025
Over the last two days there has been a lot of posts about Christopher Columbus, a great man indeed as Robert Royal describes over at The Catholic Thing today. For my part,
I am reminded of when I was at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and went to the place where Columbus landed on one of his voyages.
This where Columbus landed on his 2nd voyage in 1494.
Tonight I met up with a priest friend of the SSPX and with a hero lawyer who defends priests from their bishops and chanceries, which have penchant for not following canonical procedure and running rough-shod over priests and their rights. We just had a sip and then went our ways. However there were nibbles.
And later… no, I am not back in the States.
The place is noisy. The burger was good. The waitress or the cook might not have been the brightest bulbs in God’s chandelier since they goofed up my order. It was still good. High quality beef was obvious. They make their own beers, etc. A question or two confirmed my suspicion about the waitress, who could be of the sullen age. Hence, I just got their signature Belgian style. Not bad!
The company was excellent, as usual.
In St. Louis, the US Chess Championship is on. As of yesterday via chess.com:
I’m rooting for my guy Wesley So. Levon Aronian got revenge for losing to 15-year-old Andy Woodward almost exactly a month ago in the FIDE Grand Swiss. Best quote of the day: “He probably thought this guy is totally senile and I can do whatever I want!”
And we can’t get enough of this:
Hans knows the classics! ??? “The first rule is when a game is played on a clear and sunny day, make sure the sun is in the enemy’s face so that it blinds him.” – Ruy López de Segura, “Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del axedrez”, 1561 https://t.co/QM4aahkgHc
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) October 12, 2025
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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White to move and mate in 4.
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“Pope Leo XIV orders an immediate penitential rite in St. Peter’s Basilica following the new profanation”
….. But still no reparation for the LBG etc. incursion…
Activists?
“Activists have just thrown red paint on a painting …”
What a strange use of a word, activist, .., action, actor, act. God, whose essence is “to be,” is, in Thomistic terms, “pure act.” What is meant by “activist” in this story of gross vandalism?
When I think of acts of violence, vandalism and defilement, in Scripture or throughout history, “activist” is never what I would think of.
The destruction of Solomon’s Temple by the Babylonians in 2 Kings 25, and the desecration of the second Temple in 1 Maccabees 1, and the destruction of that same Temple by the Romans in A.D. 70, and the Crucifixion of the Temple of Christ’s body, all show the true character of those who deface and defile what is beautiful and holy. It is just ugly and foolish.
“Activist” is a stupid euphemism.
Chris Columbus Monument – Excellent Eagle Scout Project.
Except for the Freemasons involvement.
Think this covers all the variations
1) Qd2+ Qd4 (or Qd5, Kc6)
2) Qh6+ Kc5 (forced)
3) Rc7+ Bc6 (forced)
4) Qxc6 mate
If
1) … Qd5
2) Qxd5 mate
If
1) … Kc6
2) Qd7+ Kb6 (forced)
3) Qb7 mate
If the gentle prelates in the Vatican knew Tradition, they wouldn’t have had to invent such an anodyne and ineffectual rite as the one used after the desecration of the altar. The Roman Ritual contains the Ritual of Reconciliation of a Profaned Church which is what is in order after such doings.